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The message behind Darling's candour

ft.com
01-Sep-2008
        
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Sometimes it is as well to look at what politicians have actually said rather than what overexcited media say they have said. Anyone watching or listening to the BBC at the weekend would be forgiven for believing that Alistair Darling had predicted Britain was facing the deepest recession for the past 60 years. They would have been mistaken. Instead the chancellor... [read full story]                    

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Brian Wilson: The chancellor's honesty is a breath of fresh air

 guardian.co.uk 02-Sep-2008
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Is Alistair Darling in the doghouse?

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Brian Wilson: The chancellor's honesty is a breath of fresh air

guardian.co.uk
02-Sep-2008
        

Alistair Darling has spent time on his mother's native island of Lewis every year of his life. He did, however, allow rare personal access to a Guardian journalist – a counter-intuitive error that he is unlikely to repeat...

                   

Is Alistair Darling in the doghouse?

guardian.co.uk
02-Sep-2008
        

The key announcement of the government's economic recovery plan should, by rights, be made by the chancellor. Instead Hazel Blears, the communities secretary - a woman who is as chirpy as Alistair Darling is dour – was the...